Menu item 12: Convert into RTF format (CVTSPLRTF)

Choose menu item 12 "Convert Spool into RTF" or enter the command CVTSPLRTF to convert spooled files into RTF files. From the interactive program WRKEFSPLF (Work with i-effect Spooled Files) option 11 can be entered in front of the desired line. In the appearing program interface, enter *RTF next to conversion, under conversion configuration.
Enter the desired parameters, which are described here.

RTF is the common format to then further process your soldiers in modern word processors.

The (CVTSPLRTF) command converts spooled files to stream files in RTF (Rich Text Format). RTF is a common format used to process spooled files with a modern word processor.

If a word processing application will be used to access the spooled file data, RTF is the format to choose.

RTF (Rich Text Format) is a format understood and handled by most, if not all, modern WP programs, including MS Word, Lotus WordPro, MS WordPad etc.

Spooled File (FILE)

The description of this parameter can be found under

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OUTPFILE

The description of this parameter can be found under

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JOBNAM

The description of this parameter can be found under

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SPLNBR

The description of this parameter can be found under

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STMFOPT

The description of this parameter can be found under

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PAGESIZE

The description of this parameter can be found under

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CUSTOMPAGE

The description of this parameter can be found under

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PRTDEV

The description of this parameter can be found under

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PAGEOPTION

The description of this parameter can be found under

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SPLIT

The description of this parameter can be found under

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SPLITPAGE

The description of this parameter can be found under

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SPLITPOS

The description of this parameter can be found under

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SPLITKEY

The description of this parameter can be found under

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EXITPGM

The description of this parameter can be found under

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EXITPGMPRM

The description of this parameter can be found under

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EXITPGMPOS

The description of this parameter can be found under

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EXITPGMKEY

The description of this parameter can be found under

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Font (FONT)

This parameter determines how i-effect handles fonts when creating a stream file from a spooled file.
Single Values:

*MAP

i-effect maps Power Systems fonts to an equivalent PC font from the PDF basic font set (listed below). This option will minimize the size of the created file, but the appearance of the text in the RTF file may not necessarily exactly reproduce the appearance of the text in the spooled file when printed, but will normally be very close to it.

This parameter contains 2 elements:

Font

Enter one of the following fonts to be used.

*COURIER	Only Courier will be used.
*COURIERB	Only Courier bold will be used.
*COURIERO	Only Courier oblique will be used.
*COURIERBO	Only Courier bold oblique will be used
*HELVETICA	Only Helvetica will be used.
*HELVB	Only Helvetica bold will be used.
*HELVO	Only Helvetica oblique will be used.
*HELVBO	Only Helvetica bold oblique will be used.
*TIMES	Only Times New Roman will be used.
*TIMESB	Only Times New Roman bold will be used.
*TIMESI	Only Times New Roman italic will be used.
*TIMESBI	Only Times New Roman bold italic will be used.
*SYMBOL	Only Symbol will be used.
*DINGBATS	Only Zapf Dingbats will be used.

Font Size

Choose one of the following options to determine font size.

*CALC	i-effect selects an appropriate font size based on the font and CPI information in the spooled file.
4-36	Specify the font size in points.

CVTFONTID

The description of this parameter can be found under

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CVTFNTRSC

The description of this parameter can be found under

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TEXT

The description of this parameter can be found under

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DBCS

The description of this parameter can be found under

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RTF Options (RTF)

Allows the setting of margins and other factors governing the appearance of text in a RTF document.
Power Systems spooled files are often developed in a way that the text in the spooled file appears very close to the page's edge. When the spooled file is converted to an RTF document, and the RTF document is opened with a word processor, such as Microsoft Word, this can cause problems because the word processor will typically apply a margin related to the no-print border of the default printer. This may cause the page not to fit correctly and word wrap may occur.
Adjusting the margins that are defined in the document by means of this parameter may overcome this issue.

This parameter contains 6 elements:

Left

0	The default is 0 (no left margin).
0.0-999.999	Specify the left margin in the units defined below.

Right

0	The default is 0 (no right margin).
0.0-999.999	Specify the right margin in the units defined below.

Top

0	The default is 0 (no top margin).
0.0-999.999	Specify the top margin in the units defined below.

Bottom

0	The default is 0 (no bottom margin).
0.0-999.999	Specify the bottom margin in the units defined below.

Unit of Measurement

Specify the unit in which the preceding elements are defined.

*MM	Millimeters
*CM	Centimeters
*INCH	Inches

Distance between Paragraphs

The sixth element is the spacing between paragraphs of the RTF document, which is measured in points. A point is 1/72 of an inch.
The paragraph spacing determines the vertical positioning of the text.

*CALC	Putting a gap between sections in the RTF document is calculated so that the data to fill the available vertical space. The calculation is based on the vertical coordinate or row number of the data and the overflow line number.
*SPLF	An alternative calculation is only due to the backward compatibility.
-99-99	The applicable section spacing in points. If a fixed distance value is used, the text on the page can move up or down in comparison to the original spool file, depending on whether the font size is increased or reduced.